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MDPI, Sensors, 12(14), p. 23781-23802, 2014

DOI: 10.3390/s141223781

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A Bio-Hybrid Tactile Sensor Incorporating Living Artificial Skin and an Impedance Sensing Array

Journal article published in 2014 by David Cheneler, Elisa Buselli, Domenico Camboni, Carl Anthony, Liam Grover, Michael John Adams, Calogero Maria Oddo ORCID
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Abstract

The development of a bio-hybrid tactile sensor array that incorporates a skin analogue comprised of alginate encapsulated fibroblasts is described. The electrical properties are modulated by mechanical stress induced during contact, and changes are detected by a ten-channel dual-electrode impedance sensing array. By continuously monitoring the impedance of the sensor array at a fixed frequency, whilst normal and tangential loads are applied to the skin surface, transient mechanotransduction has been observed. The results demonstrate the effectiveness and feasibility of the preliminary prototype bio-hybrid tactile sensor.